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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 8, 2013 11:53:23 GMT -5
My thread about masked female wrestlers made me honk of this one. I assume you are all aware, but if not the rundown is that prominent luchadora Sexy Stsr had a tryout for WWE a couple years ago-and bomber out big time. Her ring work was declared to be "sloppy," her English was terrible, and she was deemed to be "too fat" and "not beautiful enough" to be considered worthwhile by WWE.
Now, the sloppy ring work I can partially agree on. Having seen footage of her I feel safe in saying that Trish Stratus or Sherry Martel she definitely is not; but nonetheless, I would rate her as light years ahead of Kelly Kelly, Michelle McCool, or Maryse were in their time, and the fact that she is experienced enough to not need months, or even years of training would weigh in her favor. Her not speaking good English is no surprise, and I definitely see where it would be a problem, and about the only way around it would be to pair her with a manager or another wrestler who could do the talking. But saying she is "fat" or "not beautiful," on thst one all I can do is steal a phrase from Scott Dteiner; HUH?! Did they seriously look at her? She is hardly what I would call fat or unattractive , and the fact that they said this about her speaks volumes about their mindset toward female talent.
But honest, I say it is for the best she did not get accepted and signed. I feel safe in saying she would not have been brought in as Sexy Star, a major star from Mexico. They most likely would have had her take her trademark mask off and given her a different name and a whole new chats Ted and backstory. WWE do not have a good track record when it comes to luchadores, and no record at all for luchadoras. She is better sticking with what she knows.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Sept 8, 2013 12:18:20 GMT -5
If she was wearing a mask, why would it matter if she was pretty or not?
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Post by Perd on Sept 8, 2013 12:20:19 GMT -5
I'll have to honk about it.
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Post by BigWill on Sept 8, 2013 12:32:38 GMT -5
I can't believe you just put Michelle McCool in the same category, wrestling wise, as Kelly Kelly and Maryse.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 12:36:19 GMT -5
I can't believe you just put Michelle McCool in the same category, wrestling wise, as Kelly Kelly and Maryse. Yeah McCool might have been boring, but she definitely wasn't a bad wrestler at all. Just had long matches so several restholds were used. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 8, 2013 12:52:40 GMT -5
I can't believe you just put Michelle McCool in the same category, wrestling wise, as Kelly Kelly and Maryse. Yeah McCool might have been boring, but she definitely wasn't a bad wrestler at all. Just had long matches so several restholds were used. Sorry if that offends. Michelle wasn't a robot in the ring, but I still feel she had no business getting the mega push thst she got over other women with far more ability. |
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 8, 2013 13:22:18 GMT -5
A number of women wrestlers tried out during that mini training camp for women. Problem was that they weren't prepared for the workout drills. It's one thing to wrestle. It's another to be told to do strenuous physical routines for long stints of time. The whole "she's not good looking" excuse sounds like a cover for not being in shape for the tryouts.
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Post by Digital Witness on Sept 8, 2013 15:57:03 GMT -5
Yeah McCool might have been boring, but she definitely wasn't a bad wrestler at all. Just had long matches so several restholds were used. Sorry if that offends. Michelle wasn't a robot in the ring, but I still feel she had no business getting the mega push thst she got over other women with far more ability. People seem to hate McCool only because she goes one on one with the Undertaker on a nightly basis. /hollaholla |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 20:21:39 GMT -5
Thread useless without pics
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 8, 2013 21:22:42 GMT -5
Thread useless without pics No actual pics from the tryout, but this is her   |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 21:37:14 GMT -5
Thread useless without pics No actual pics from the tryout, but this is her Good lord, it's like one big wad of flab! Good thing they kept that hambeast off television. |
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Post by Ryushinku on Sept 9, 2013 8:22:53 GMT -5
I remember hearing about this at the time, but don't remember anything about them thinking she was fat.
Just that they gave her a whirl and, like a lot of those tried, she was really bad and they lost interest. Could've just been an off-day for Star but maybe not.
Good look, though.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Sept 9, 2013 11:20:58 GMT -5
I'm in love with her hire her now put her on a program I watch.
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Post by fortknox on Sept 9, 2013 11:26:53 GMT -5
www.diva-dirt.com/2010/08/19/wwe-pans-sexy-star-after-tryout/WWE Pans Sexy Star After TryoutBy Melanie on August 19, 2010@MelanieLDN According the latest issue of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, AAA Women’s Champion Sexy Star was panned by WWE officials after taking part in a tryout at FCW a couple of weeks ago. Dave Meltzer reports: Sexy Star from AAA was at the FCW tryouts two weeks back in Tampa. At the tryouts, she did a match against New York Knockout Nikki (Toni the Top in Wrestllicious – those who have seen her have said she’s a great heel but absolutely doesn’t have the look WWE wants). She Nay Nay also tried out. The WWE reaction was that of the 63 people who tried out, paying $1,000 to be seen, that about 50 of them had no business being there. We heard they were impressed with the fundamental skills of the guys Lance Storm trained, one of whom was signed to a contract. As for Sexy Star, they thought her work was terrible, her English was terrible and they also thought she was overweight and wasn’t pretty enough without the mask. John Laurinaitis told the officials at FCW that when it comes to hiring women, the standard is if they aren’t pretty enough to be in Playboy, then the company wouldn’t want them. I guess that gives you an insight into WWE’s hiring process. People are always quick to say, ‘WWE should sign so-and-so’, yet in actuality, it seems they are far more stringent than just looking for wrestling talent. WWE seems happy with their current ‘Diva hiring model’ — hiring pretty models and training them, with the odd independent wrestler being signed once in a blue moon. As optimistic as some are in wanting to see the likes of Melissa, Kong & Del Rey in WWE, I’m guessing they are content with the pretty faces with limited ability.
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Post by CM Parish on Sept 9, 2013 11:32:19 GMT -5
I think the WWE thinks every good looking girl they hire and train will turn out like Trish Stratus. She's a once-in-a-blue-moon success.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Sept 9, 2013 13:37:19 GMT -5
Like Playboy even has that high of standards anymore I've seen some RUGGEEEEDDD looking girls pass for playmates you don't have to be "pretty" you have to have bleach blonde hair and fake boobs.
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Post by BigBadZ on Sept 9, 2013 14:45:33 GMT -5
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 9, 2013 15:11:20 GMT -5
Like Playboy even has that high of standards anymore I've seen some RUGGEEEEDDD looking girls pass for playmates you don't have to be "pretty" you have to have bleach blonde hair and fake boobs. Most don't count the women on the Playboy Cyber site as true Playmates. That's like the participation award in a kid's soccer games. And all you got to do is look at the current NXT Divas and realized the "You must be this hot to get a job" standard is not applicable as it used to be. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 9, 2013 17:22:21 GMT -5
As much as anything else a luchadora, or even a masked female wrestler period, would be something new, unique, and different. Given the frequent teaming of Rey and Sun Cara, I could perhaps see a luchadora brought in as their valet/partner and then branching off on her own. Doesn't necessarily have to be her, there are plenty of other options-though I would prefer see an actual luchadora get a chance, rather than just putting a mask on one of the NXT girls.
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